From Maui to Cook
Subtitle: the discovery and settlement of the Pacific
By: [by] David Lewis ; drawings by Walter Stackpool.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Lane Cove, Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: The story of Pacific exploration seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer. It ranges from prehistoric times - when legend says the god Maui fished the North Island of New Zealand out of the sea - to the culmination of European exploration by Cook and concludes with the resurgence of voyaging by Pacific Islanders in their traditional craft.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [209]-212.